Nina Valentinovna Rautio (born September 21, 1957 , Petrozavodsk ) is a Soviet and Russian opera singer ( soprano [1] . Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater (1987-1993).
| Nina Valentinovna Rautio | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | September 21, 1957 (61 years old) |
| Place of Birth | |
| A country |  the USSR  Russia  Great Britain |
| Professions | Opera singer |
| Singing voice | soprano |
| Instruments | the piano |
| Genres | opera , romance |
| Collectives | Mikhailovsky Theater , Bolshoi Theater |
| ninarautio.com | |
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Biography and artistic career
The singer spent the first 19 years of her life in Petrozavodsk , the Republic of Karelia , where she graduated from a music school in piano and a music school in two specialties (theoretical and vocal department) with honors in the vocal class Z. I. Larkina.
In 1983 she graduated from the vocal department of the Leningrad State. conservatory (class of associate professor E. A. Abrosimova). During her studies she performed the part of Violetta ( La Traviata ) in the performances of the Opera Studio of the Conservatory. Laureate of the International Vocal Competition named after E. Vila Lobos (1983, II Prize, Rio de Janeiro) and the International Competition. P.I. Tchaikovsky (1986, IV prize, Moscow).
Since 1984, her opera career began with a performance in Malegot on the stage of the St. Petersburg Maly Opera House [2] in the title role (soloist). After participating in the competition to them. P.I. Tchaikovsky was invited to join the Bolshoi Theater Opera Company in Moscow, where since January 1987 she was offered the role of a leading opera soloist. At the same time, she took part in concert performances on the prestigious stages of Moscow, Leningrad and on the radio.
In 1987-1993 - soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. She performed the parts of the first position, including: Maria (Mazepa, dir. S. F. Bondarchuk ), Amelia (“Masquerade Ball”, dir. S. A. Stein ) both - 1987, Elizabeth (“Don Carlos”, dir. I. M. Tumanov), Santuzza (“Country Honor”, dir. Stein, both 1988), Tatyana (“Eugene Onegin”, dir. B. A. Pokrovsky ), Lisa (“The Queen of Spades”, dir. Baratov, revised by Pokrovsky, both - 1989), Oksana (1990, “The Night Before Christmas”, dir. A. B. Titel ), John (“Orleans Maiden”, dir. Pokrovsky) and others.
“The owner of the voice of the most beautiful timbre, which carries a wide palette of faces and shades, Nina Rautio has the willpower that determines the nature of her acting talent,” wrote the director of the Bolshoi Theater V. G. Milkov. Critic A. E. Khripin noted that “any definition (dramatic, lyrical and dramatic soprano) will be conditional, because this voice synthesizes the sounds and colors of all female registers in itself: from velvety contralt bottoms to sonorous overflows of a coloratura soprano. Its range (working) is unique - from the salt of the small octave to the E flat third, almost three octaves. The most original is the lower, “chest” register, enveloping the hearing, thick and full. The upper one is marked by purity, silver and flight. It simultaneously has virtuosic mobility and dynamic sound density ... ”(“ SK ”, 10/06/1990).
In the late 1980s, Nina Rautio collaborated with the Forum musical theater under the direction of M. V. Yurovsky , where she performed the part of the priestess Fausta in D. Bortnyansky ’s opera “Quint Fabius” (1990, 1st performer in Russia, dir. D.A. Bertman ).
In 1991, she first performed at the Metropolitan, New York and at the Edinburgh Festival . After these performances, she was invited to La Scala , Milan, in February 1992, as an understudy for the lead role in Puccini's Manon Lescaut , under the direction of conductor Lorin Maazel . After several days of rehearsing at La Scala, she was invited to record an opera with maestro Maazel .
Later, she performed Elizabeth’s part in Verdi’s Don Carlos (conductor R. Muti ), participated in the performance of the “Glagolic Mass” by L. Janacek (conductor R. Shayi).
With a successful debut at La Scala, Rautio began a fruitful collaboration with prominent European conductors - L. Maazel (in 1992 she toured with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and R. Chailly , at whose invitation she performed as a soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands) at the Christmas Concert Eurovision.
The creativity of N. Rautio was highly appreciated by L. Pavarotti , who repeatedly acted as her partner in performances (Don Carlos, Masquerade Ball, Andre Chenier, Manon Lescaut, Requiem Verdi, etc.).
Since the early 1990s, lives in London. Tours around the world: performed in theater productions: Covent Garden (London, conductor D. Gatti , parts: Amelia (The Masquerade Ball), Aida, Desdemona; conductor M.V. Yurovsky, Abigail party, " Nabucco ”), Roman Opera (party of Aida, conductor D. Oren),“ Metropolitan Opera ” [3] (New York, conductor K. Badya, party of Aida; party of Tosca), “ Opera Bastille ” (Paris, party Lisa in The Queen of Spades, dir. A. S. Konchalovsky ), New Israeli Opera (Aida part; Verdi's Requiem with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra , conductor Z. Meta ), Vienna Opera (Lisa part, dir. K. Horres; Manon Dir. Maa potion), Komunale Theater (Florence, Desdemona), the German State Opera (Berlin, Amelia in the opera Simon Boccanegra, Aida, Leonora (The Force of Fate), Arena di Verona (Aida), etc.
Rautio’s opera repertoire includes more than 20 major parts, including Lady Macbeth, Leonora in Verdi's Troubadour, Matilda in the opera Wilhelm Tell by Rossini, Maddalena in Andre Chenier, W. Giordano, Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and dr. Repeatedly participated in the performances of the festival in Savonlinna (Finland), where she sang Aida (1992), performed with concert programs; festivals in Orange (Desdemona party, BBC orchestra) and in Salzburg (G. Mahler Symphony No. 2, both - deer. Maazel). Participant of domestic musical projects (festival "Golden Voices of the World in Moscow" [4] , concert "Stars of the Opera Stage in Moscow", International Opera Festival named after M. D. Mikhailov in Cheboksary [5] , festival "Alyabyevskaya Musical Autumn" [6] in C, etc.)
He works a lot on the concert stage. The extensive chamber-oratorio repertoire includes works by world classics (including the works of L. van Beethoven, G. Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, F. Pulenok, I.F. Stravinsky, M. Tippett, G.V. Sviridov, etc. ) In 1990, in a concert dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Sviridov, she performed his romances and a poem for voice and piano, “Departed Rus”, to verses by S. A. Yesenin (piano part by E. P. Savelyev, BZK).
In 2002-2003, she headed the Musical Theater of Karelia (artistic director) in Petrozavodsk. As a director, she staged Mascagni on the stage of the theater of the opera “Country Honor”, where she also performed the role of Santuzzi [7] .
In 2003, she was invited by the Government of the Republic of Karelia to the position of Advisor to the Head of the Republic on cultural relations. Collaborated with the V. S. Popov Academy of Choral Art (taught vocals) in Moscow.
Currently, Nina Rautio teaches vocals in London and in Russia.
Son - pianist, conductor Jan-Carl Rautio.
Parties
- Amelia ( The Masquerade Ball by J. Verdi )
- Elizabeth ( Don Carlos J. Verdi )
- Desdemona ( Othello by J. Verdi )
- Leonora ( Troubadour by J. Verdi )
- Amelia ( Simon Boccanegra by J. Verdi )
- Abigail ( Nabucco by J. Verdi )
- Lady Macbeth ( Macbeth by J. Verdi )
- Violetta ( La Traviata by J. Verdi )
- Manon Lesko ( "Manon Lesko" by Puccini )
- Longing ( Puccini's "Longing" )
- Maddalena ( "Andre Chenier" by Giordano )
- Donna Anna ( "Don Giovanni" by Mozart )
- Matilda ( "William Tell" Rossini )
- Priestess of Faust ( Quintus Fabius by Cherubini )
- Santuzza ( “Country Honor” by P. Mascagni )
- Tatyana ( “Eugene Onegin” by P. I. Tchaikovsky )
- Lisa ( The Queen of Spades by P. I. Tchaikovsky )
- John ( The Orleans Maiden by P. I. Tchaikovsky )
- Maria ( "Mazepa" by P. I. Tchaikovsky )
- Oksana ( "The Night Before Christmas" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov )
- Parasha ( The Moor by I.F. Stravinsky )
Discography
CD and DVD
- 1992 - Puccini: Manon Lesko , Sony Classical , Teatro alla Scala;
- 1993 - Tchaikovsky: Orleans Virgin , Warner Music Group ;
- 1995 - The Puccini Experience , Conifer Records , Royal Opera House;
- 1996 - Tchaikovsky: Romances, 2 part , Conifer Records ;
- 1996 - Tchaikovsky: Romances, 5 part , Conifer Records ;
- 1996 - Rachmaninoff: Romances , Conifer Records ;
Notes
- ↑ Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Diane Kuhn, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians , Gale Group, 2001; David M. Cummings, International Who's Who in Classical Music , Routledge, 2001, p.532 'Rautio, Nina'
- ↑ Soloists of the St. Petersburg State Opera and Ballet Theater M.P. Mussorgsky (formerly 'Mikhailovsky' and 'Small Opera')
- ↑ OPERA REVIEW; Russian Makes Met Debut In Season's First 'Aida, New York Times
- ↑ 'Golden Voices of the World in Moscow' Concert by Nina Rautio (inaccessible link)
- ↑ XIV traditional international opera festival named after Maxim Dormidontovich Mikhailov
- ↑ International festival "Alyabyevskaya Autumn"
- ↑ Review of the premiere of P. Mascagni’s opera “Country Honor” directed by singer N. Rautio, which took place in March 2002 in Petrozavodsk. This is the directorial debut of the singer, she also played the role of Santuzzi (inaccessible link)
Links
- Official site of the singer
- Debut at the Metropolitan Opera
- Opera of Pyotr Tchaikovsky "Orleans Maiden"
- Recital of Nina Rautio on the stage of the Great Hall of the Conservatory as part of the Golden Voices of the World in Moscow festival (inaccessible link)
- Official portal of public authorities of the Republic of Karelia
- Interview with the newspaper Karelia. March 2013